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Understanding the Rights of Nature A Critical Introduction

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Rivers, landscapes, whole territories: these are the latest entities environmental activists have fought hard to include in the relentless expansion of rights in our world. But what does it mean for a landscape to have rights? Why would anyone want to create such rights, and to what end? Is it a goo...

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Main Author: Tanasescu, Mihnea (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2022
Series:Neue Ökologie 6
Subjects:
Social & political philosophy
Law
Central government policies
Rights of Nature
Ecuador
New Zealand
Legal Personality
Nature
Politics
Civil Society
Social Philosophy
Environmental Policy
Social Movements
Political Science
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Summary:Rivers, landscapes, whole territories: these are the latest entities environmental activists have fought hard to include in the relentless expansion of rights in our world. But what does it mean for a landscape to have rights? Why would anyone want to create such rights, and to what end? Is it a good idea, and does it come with risks? This book presents the logic behind giving nature rights and discusses the most important cases in which this has happened, ranging from constitutional rights of nature in Ecuador to rights for rivers in New Zealand, Colombia, and India. Mihnea Tanasescu offers clear answers to the thorny questions that the intrusion of nature into law is sure to raise.
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (168 p.)
ISBN:9783839454312
9783837654318
Access:Open Access

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